Helen E. Hoens

Helen E. Hoens
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
In office
October 26, 2006 – October 26, 2013
Nominated by Jon S. Corzine
Appointed by Gubernatorial nomination with NJ Senate confirmation
The New Jersey Superior Court
In office
1994–2001
Appointed by Governor Christine Todd Whitman
In office
2001–2002
Appointed by Governor Donald DiFrancesco
The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
In office
2002–2006
Appointed by Chief Justice Deborah Poritz
Personal details
Born July 31, 1954
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Robert W. Schwaneberg
Children Charles
Residence Bernards Township
Alma mater College of William & Mary (B.A. in Government)
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)
Occupation Associate Justice
Profession Lawyer
Website

Helen E. Hoens (born July 31, 1954) was an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. She was nominated to the Supreme Court by Governor Jon S. Corzine on Sept. 21, 2006. She was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on October 23 and sworn into office on October 26, 2006. October 26, 2013 was her last day as a sitting member of the Court.

Biography

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on July 31, 1954, Justice Hoens attended public schools in South Orange-Maplewood. She holds a B.A. in government from the College of William and Mary, graduating with high honors, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, she served on the Georgetown Law Journal, first as a member of the staff and then as the editor of the journal’s annual volume devoted to developments in criminal procedure in the federal circuit courts.

Career

Upon graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge John Joseph Gibbons during his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before embarking on a career in private practice.

After her clerkship, Justice Hoens worked in private practice, first at Dewey Ballantine and with the Law Office of Russel H. Beatie, Jr. in New York. She moved to New Jersey to practice with Pitney, Harden and later with Lum, Hoens, Conant Danzis & Kleinberg, where her father, Charles H. Hoens Jr., was a founding partner.

Justice Hoens was appointed to the Superior Court in 1994 by Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and reappointed by Governor Donald DiFrancesco in 2001. She was elevated to the Appellate Division in August, 2002 by Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz.

In 2006 she was appointed to fill the anticipated vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the elevation of then-Associate Justice James R. Zazzali to replace Poritz as Chief Justice.

On August 12, 2013, Governor Chris Christie announced that he would not renominate Justice Helen Hoens for lifetime appointment to the state's Supreme Court.[1] She is the second Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than 66 years since the adoption of the 1947 State Constitution.[1] Her non-reappointment is a result of the impasse between Republican Governor Chris Christie and the Democratic State Senate over the Supreme Court appointments. Christie said he wished to spare Hoens a Senate hearing in which she would be denied reappointment.[2] Hoens is identified as a Republican, as is Gov. Christie. His nominee for her replacement, Cuban-American Faustino Fernandez-Vina, is also identified as a Republican, but was approved by the State Senate .[3]

Decisions

2008-09 Term

2007-08 Term

2006-07 Term

References

  1. 1 2 Salvador, Rizzo (12 August 2013). "Supreme stunner: Christie declines to nominate Justice Hoens for lifetime tenure". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-12/christie-won-t-renominate-n-j-supreme-court-justice-hoens-1-.html
  3. ↑ http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/fernandez-vina_takes_the_oath_and_dives_into_cases_at_nj_supreme_court.html

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